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Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la mithoda. 1 2 3 4 5 6 MKROCOPV tESOlUTION TBT CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) ■^1^ 1^ A /APPLIED IN/HGE I6SJ tost Mam SIrMt Roch«(»r, Ntw York U609 U'U ('16) ♦B2 - 0300 Ph„„, ^ ('16) 2S1 - 5989 - Fa, "t ^f-f^ ^f^V^-^ fr .¥a'^ ^ONTARIO PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS, 1802 CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT Free Qrants and Mining Lands sold or leased since 1872 4,851,396 acres Increase of Population since 1871 in New Ontario 129,84<^ Miles of Colonization Road built since 1872 5,292 Area of Province still undisposed of 103,000,000 acres Bonus per Mile for Timber Berths sold under Sandfield Macdonaid Government $260 Average Bonus on Timber Berths sold since 1873 $1,324 Revenue from Crown Lands Dept. 1867 to 1901. $35,051,835 Increase of Salaries in 29 years only 13 per cent. The duties of the Crown Lands Department comprise : — 1. The sale and management of the Crown, Clergy, School and Mining lands still undisposed of. 2. The locating of settlers in the free grant and sales district.^. 3. The surveying of new townships, from time to time, as may be required for settlement or for the purposes of the timber trade ; and the examination and control of mining and municipal surveys. 4. The supervision of the vast area over which licenses to cut timber have been granted ; the issue of timber licenses ; checking of timber returns, etc. 5. The collection of Qovernment dues and ground rents leviable upon such timber. 6. The settlement of such questions as arise in the course of transactions affecting the interests above mentioned. 7. Dealing with the enormous volume of correspondence (55,000 letters in 1901). BUILD UP ONTARIO 2 CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT. Dispoaal of Lands. Of the Crown lands surveyed and open for settlement, certain townships are known as free grant lands ; in other townships the settler is charged 50c. per acre. Number of free grant tomuhips 170 " B«le tomuhipa 46 " peraona located (Free Grants) since 1872 28,101 " acres sold and located under the Free Grants Act since 1872 " acres mining lands sold or leased since 1872 Total. 3,876,011 976,385 4,861,396 Population of Free Grant Districts. li^The population of the new northern districts has increased with remarkable rapidity under this system of settlement, as is shown by the following table (based on electoral divisions) taken from the Dominion census : — 1871. Muskoka and Parry Sound .... 6,919 Nipiasing 1791 Algoma 7,018 1901. 45,356 36 552 63,669 Increase 38,437 34.761 66 651 Total 15.728 146.577 An increase of 827 per cent. 129,849 Another evidence of growth in population is to be found in the towns and villages in the newer districts, some of which have come into existence since the last Dominion census was taken : Towna Population, and Dominion village*. CenauK, 1901. Grayanhnrst 21*7 Braoebridge 2479 Huntsville 2152 Pairy Sound 2884 N< rth Bay 2531 Sturgeon Falls 1418 Towns Population, and Dominion villaees. Ctamt, 1901. Sudbury 2027 The»s»lon 1 206 Sault Ste. Marie 7169 Port Arthur 3214 Fort William 3633 Rat Portage 6202 Increase of Post Offices in New Ontario. The rapid increase in the number of post offices in New Ontario, viz. over 100 per cent in 20 years, is a iurther indica- tion of the spread of population. BUILD UP ONTARIO 1 !♦■ National Library of Canada Blblioth«que nationak> du Canada iii97 CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT. Pott offices Post offices in 1881. in 1901. MuskokA and Parry Sound 112 141 Algoma 39 125 Nipiiting CO Total 157 320 Increase in Railivay Mileage. The following is the mileage of railways in the above men- tioned districts at the present time : Muskoka and Parry Sound 184 Algoma 5.37 Thunder Bay and Rainy River 873 Nipissing 210 1804 Of the above mileage the C. P. R. system covers 1,197 miles. The balance of 007 miles received substantial money or land grants from the Government. In 1881, there were only twelve miles of railway in all these northern districts. Neiv Railways in New Ontario. The Ontario and Rainy River Railway is now practically com- pleted from Port Arthur to Winnipeg, 263 miles of which passes through Ontario, opening up a great area of country hitherto more or less inaccessible. The Manitoulin and North Shore Railway, ultimately intended to run from Meaford to Sudbury and the shores of Lake Superior, is under construction and is completed for about 15 miles west of Sudbury. The Algoma Central Railway is also in process of construction, 50 of its 140 miles being finished at the time of writing, as well as some 25 miles of the Michipicoten Branch of the same line. A land grant has been made to the Thunder Baj', Nepigon and St. Joe Railway, which, when built, will open up large areas of agricultural and mining lands north and north-east of Port Arthur. A Bill piovidinii for the construction, e((uipment and operation of the Temiakaming and Northern Ontario Railway as a Government enterprise was introduced in the Lecjislature on January 15, tho terms of which provide for the appointment jo BUILD UP ONTARIO • CROWN tANDS DEPARTMENT. » eommission of from three to five men to construct and operate *he railway, which will run from North Bay to a point at or Mar Lake Temiskaming, a distance of between 90 and 100 miles. The location of the line, plans of all works, tariffs of rates, etc., must be approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. The lailway may make reciprocal running arrai^ments with other vailway companies. The cost is to be borne by setting apart adjacent ungranted lands in tiers of townships, not to exceed 20,000 acres per mile, on which the debentures shall be a charge. The railway shall be constructed and equipped with Canadian material as far as possible. No person shall be employed in con- travention of the Alien Labor Act, and the current rate of wages in the district for similar work shall be paid. The above measure has been described a.s "one of the most important and progressive bills ever introduced in the Legisla- ture of this Province." Colonization and Mining Roads. The Government has also kept pace with the gradual develop- ment of the northern and western parts of the Province in the matter of colonization and minincr roads. Miles of new roads built, 1872-1901 inclusive 5,292 (Yearly average of 182 mile*) Miles of roads repaired, 1872-11)01 14,646 ( Yearly average of 500 miles) Bridges built, 1872-1901, 20 miles, or 114,003 feet. Total expenditure on above $3,338,743 Representing one of the many large sums of surplus revenue jeturned to the people. Revenue from Timber. The revenue from timber consists of (1) bonuses ; (2) annual ground rent ; and (3) timber dues. Timber limits are disposed of by public auction, after being duly advertised. The ground rent payable in all cases is $3 per square mile. The timber dues are $1.00 per thousand feet on all timber sold previous to 1892, and SI. 25 on all sold since. Since 1868 the dues per thousand feet have been raised from iOcts. per thousand feet to $1.25 per thousand feet, and the an- nual ground rent from 50 cents per square mile to $3 per square 3iile. BUILD UP ONTARIO CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT, 5 Timber Sales for 60 Years. 1841-67. Before Confederation. Namber of aqaare miles sold at 60o. per mile 9,904 " " " at bonus of «46. 60 per mile 2,561 Total iqusre miles sold before Confederation 12.465 Average bonus per mile 19.75 1867-71. Under Satidfield AfacJonald's (fovernment . Square miles sold 635 Bonus realized $165,363 Highest price paid per mile $640 Average bonus per mile $260 1872. Under Bldke Ooceniment. Square miles sold 6,031 Bonus realized $592,601 Highest price paid per squar', mile 1,000 Average bonus paid per square mile 117 1873-1901. Under Libend Government since 1S73. Square miles sold 5,152J Bonus realized $6,823,127 Highest price paid per square mile 17,500 Average bonus paid per square mile 1 ,324 A Striking Contrast. From 1841 to 1871, inclusive— The total number of square miles sold was 13,100 At an average price of $21 Sale of 1872— Area of square miles sold was 5,031 At an average price of $117 From 1873 to 1901— The area of square miles sold was 5,152^ At an average price of $1,324 Recent Ontario Sales. The last three timber sales of the Government have amply justified its policy of disposing of timber lands by public auction, by means of whicli the largest profits are secured to the revenue. The sales have been as follows : BUILD UP ONTARIO 6 CROWK LANDS DEPARTMENT. Angvit 18, 1897, 169i •qu»ra miles sold for $265,162, wa vr '?» price per mile of 11.666. December 20, 1899, 360 squere miles sold for |723,660, an sverege price per mile of $3,010. September 17, 1901, 399| squere mUes sold for $732,787, en srer- ege price per mile of $1,836. Another Contrast. The Last Sah bmdbr the Sakdfield Macdonald Government. November 23, 1871, 487 square mUes sold for $117,672, at an average price per square mile of $241. The Last Sale under the Ross Government. September 17, 1901, 399i square miles sold for $732,787, at an average price per square mile of $1,836. Comparison xoith Quebec Timber Sales. It is inatructive to compare the sales above referred to with the sales of timber lands made by the Conservative Government of the Province of Quebec. Between October, 1873, and Janu- ary, 1890, the Quebec Government sold 6,235 square miles, realiz- ing'by way of boaus the sum of $398,722, an average of about $62 per square mile, as compared with the average of $1,324 per mile realized by the Ontario Government from 1873 to 1901. Sales in Quebec since 1890 have realized less rather than more Revenue from Crown Lands Department. From 18C7 to 1871, inclusive •^'HS9'«I Average per year (for 4* yeats) ;„T'^ From 1872 to 1901, inclusive ^ 'A-o ^a Average per year (for 30 years) 1,0»9 70 J Total revenue from timber since Confederation. . . .'{5,051,8*> or an average annual revenue for 34J years. . 1,015,900 Attempted Robbery of Ontario's Timber Lands. It should not be forgotten that while the claims of Ontario to the disputed territo-y were in doubt, the then Dominion Conserv- ative Government pissed, in 1883 and 1884, over ope hundred Orders in Council parcelling out the rich timber lands of North- western Ontario among their political friends, in blocks of about 50 sciuare miles, or 32,000 aero each, at the scandalously low price of $5 per stiuaie mile as an annual ground rent and without com- petition or bonus. The recipients of these Government favors were, with t, few exceptions, prominent Tories of the day, most BUILD UP ONTARIO CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT. 7 ot whom were in no way connected with fhe timber industry The action of the Proviucial Liberal Government at that time in strenuously fighting for the rights of the Provi>\re saved Ontario millions of dollars in timber values alone. Economical Management of the Crown Lands Department. Notwithstanding the large incre&<3e in the revenue, corre- spondence, and other work of the Crown Lands Department, and the opening up of extensive areas of the Crown, the Depart- ment has been managed by its successive administrators with but a slight additional cost. , Cost of Administering Crown Lands. Salaries paid 1873 to 46 officials (permanent and temporary) 946,313 " " 1901 to 49 " " " 52,496 Increaae in 29 years of only 13 per cent., or 96,182 although the work of the Department has vastly increased, t.nd notwithstanding the fact that in 1873 there was no bureau of Mines, or Colonization and Forestry Branch, which cost for salaries in 1901, $6,660. No. of permanent officials in inside service, 1873 28 do. do. lOOl 29 (These latter figures exclude the Mines and (Colonization and Forestry Branches, not in existence in 1873, with 6 officials and also exclude the Colonization Roads Branch, transferred to the Public Works Department in 1899.) Revenue collected in 1873 91.121.264 Revenae collected in 1901 1,634,724 Letters received in 1873 24,618 Letters received in 1901 56,000 Charges on Crown Lands. These include expenditure on surveys, agents' salaries, wood ranging and inspection, fire ranging, and the cost of timbw agencies. Expended in 1873 9110,401 Expended in 1901 116,736 or an increase of only 6^ per cent., or 6,244 Notwithstanding that in 1901 there was paid for fire ranging and BUILD UP ONTARIO 8 CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT timber agencies at Quebec and Ottawa new items not in exist- ence in 1873, $34,568. The Exploratory Surveys of 1900. The determination of the Government to further ascertain the great resources of the partially or undeveloped parts of the Province was shown in the oxploratory surveys of 1900— one of the most important and comprehensive steps yet taken by any Provincial Government in Canada; important in the results achieved, and comprehensive in the areas of territory covered ; and, it might be added, one of the most economical, the total cost of the undertaking reaching but a trifle over the $40,000 originally voted for the purpose. This of course does not include the printing and publication of the reports, which have been in great demand. The Sc^pe of the Surveys. Ten surveying parties were sent out, to each of which was assigned approximately 100 miles square for examination, com- prising a territory larger in extent than the whole settled portion of Ontario, aggregating aearly one hundred thousand square miles. The region lies for the most part north of the main line of the C.P.R., and includes the major portions of the districts jf Nipissing, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River. The Government had three objects in view : To acquire infor- mation (1) as to the soil, (2) the timber, and (3) the minerals of this great Northland. Thus the three great industries of Ontario — agriculture, lumbering and mining — were in the minds of the ^vemment. Incidentally, many luiles of permanent base lines were surveyed, valuable water powers noted, and animal, plant, and fish life studied. Elach of the ten parties was composed of a land surveyor, a land and timber estimator, and a geologist, with necessary assistants. The General Remits. The combined results were more satisfactory than the most sanguine looked for. Sneaking broadly, the belief was verified that in the region north of the height of land — eoverinf; over one-half of the area of the entire Province — there are large tracts of good agricultural land, that forests of spruce and other pulp woods exist to a much greater extent than was anticipated, and that nature has provided a succession of waterways on BUILD UP ONTARIO CROWH LANDS DEPARTMENT 9 which to float the timber to the mills or markets. In addition there was located a great pine forest stretching northward from Lake Nipissing and the C.P.R. towards the height of land. Nearly three billion feet board measure of standing pine has been reported from this section alone. The gratifying results of these exploratory surveys recalls the battle for Provincial rights in connection with the boundary award, and the great value of part of the territory then won for Ontario. If the Dominion Conservative Government of that day, backed as they were by the Ontario Conservative Opposi- tion, had had their way, a considerable area of this vast north- land, with all its natural resources, would have bee diverted from Provincial ownership and control. The Province may welJ thank the Liberal Government of Ontario for so strenuously fighting for our Provincial rights on that occasion. Summary of Surveys. AORICCLTDRAI. LaNI>8 EXPLORED. Sq. Miles. Acres. Nipiuing 3,000 1,920,000 Algoma 17.500 1 1,200 000 Thunder Bay 4,000 2,600 WX) Rainy Riyer COO .384,000 26,100 16,064,000 Allowing 200 acres to each head of a family, the above acreage would accommodate 80,320 families, and allowing 5 to each family, this would represent a rural population of 401,600 souls ; but assuming that the country is capable of supporting, as no doubt it will be in the future, a population equal to the same area in the older parts of the Province, it will ultimately maintain a population of over 1,000,000 people. EsTIMATI OF PULPWOOD AREAS. Oordt. Nipiuing 20000000 Algoma. 100 000 000 Thunder Bay 150<*OO.000 Rainy River 18,000 000 288,000.000 Taking this quantity of pulpwood at the present rate of dues viz., 40 cents per cord, we have an asset of $115,200,000. Net rraulta of the exploration : — BUILD UP ONTARIO 10 CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT. Homes for » million people. An Mset of $115,200,000 in pnlpwood. An asset of 3 billion feet of white pine. An M83t in valuable water powers. An asset in new mining regions. Vnsurveyed Lands in the Province. The two following tables will be of interest as showing the total area of the Provipf e, the area surveyed, the acreage disposed of, and the balance left .n the hands of the Crown : — Estimated area of the Province . . . * 126.000,000 acres. Estimated area of the above surveyed 40,116,075 " Leaving unsurveyed 85,883,925 acres. Vast Area of the Province StUl Available. Estimated area of the Province 126,0( 0,000 acres. Estimated area sold or disposed of. .._ 22,863,678 " Leaving undisposed of 103,136,422 Of which there are surveyed 17,252,497 " Leaving unsurveyed 86,883,925 acres. Notwithstanding the rapid development of the Province during recent years, it will be seen from the above tigurrs that there is still an enormous undeveloped area at the disposal of the Crown, full of great possibilities, and only awaiting the settler or the miner to realize on its natural wealth. Nearly live-sixths of the Province is yet open for settlement and development. History of the Saw Log Policy. The management of trade and commerce has always been regarded as being a Dominion Qovemment matter. The aim and desire of the lumber trade has always been to secure free admission for Canadian lumber into the United States market. The Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 gave free admission to Cana- dian lumber, and under it there was nothing to prevent the export of Canadian logs. On the abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty in 1866, an ad valorem duty was imposed on Canadian lumber. In the same year the Qovemment of Canada imposeter 36, as amended by the Acts of 1899 and 1900. The price per acre for mining lands ranges from $2.00 to $3.50, according to distance from a railway, and whether in surveyed or unsurveyed territory. If a lease be preferred it can be ob- tained on payment of $1.00 per acre for the first year, and 15c. to 30c. per acre for subsequent years. Lessees have the privilege during the currency of their lease of purchasing the lands out- right ; or at the end of ten years, if all rent has been paid and the statutory conditions complied with, the lessee gets a grant without further payment. Mining lands cannot be held without being worked, the law requiring at least $6.00 per acre to be expended in development work during the first &i ^n years, at the rate of *1.00 per acre for the first two years aiid $1.00 per acre per annum for the next five years. Prospecting for ro! lerals on Crown lands is encouraged by free grants of forty acres where valuable discoveries are made in now territory. In a Mining Division a miner's license, costing $10.00 per an- num, entitles the holder to stake out mining claims of twenty- two and one-half or forty acres, and to hold the same on performing the required development work. Similar regulations are in force with -ospect to unsurveyed teiTitory. The greatest area which may be granted to any individual in one year is 320 acr^s of land containing the same class or kind of ore or mineral within a radius of fifteen miles in any county or district. To companies, syndicates or partner.ship.s the innx- imum area is 640 acres. The royalties formerly reserved to the Crown have been aban- doned. Stringent regulations are provided in the Mines Act to protect BUILD UP ONTARIO 24 CaOWN LANDS DEPARTMENT. the health and insure the aafety of working miners, and no females or boys under fifteen can be lawfully employed in any mine. Two diamond drills have been bought by the Government and are placed at the service of parties wishing to use them for ex- ploring deposits of mineral, 35 per cent, of the cost being defrayed by the Government. Special encouragement is given to iron mining, payments not in excess of $25,000 per annum being made out of the Irop Mining Fund by way of bounties on iron ore raised and smelted in the Province. Power is reserved to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to impose ^ license fee of $10.00 -.'iht ton for nickel ores and $7.00 per ton for ores of copper and nickel combined, or $G0.00 per ton and $50.00 per ton respectively if the ores are partly treated or reduced, such fees to be remitted where the ores are treated in Canada so as to yield fine metal or other product suitable for direct use in the arts without further treatment. To provide facilities for educating and training mining engi- , neers, special grants have been made to the School of Practical Science.Toronto. and the School of Mining, Kingston ; and summer mining classes are held at the principal mining centres for the instruction of miners and prospectors in mintralogy. elementary geology, etc. A Provincial Assay OflBce has been opened at Belloville, at which prospectors and others may have samples of ore and min- erals assayed at reduced charges. Local agencies have been opened in the n.ining districts where maps and records of granted and ungranted lands may|be con- sulted, and application for lands made. The Bureau of Mines was established in 1891 to aid in pro- moting the mining interests of the Province. Investigations are made, statistical and other data collected, mineral regions of Eromise examined and mapped, and annual reports published, ringing the mineral resources of the Province prominently be- fore capitalists and others interested. The demand for these reports is very great, not only in Canada, but also from Great Britain and the United States. An exhibit of Ontario minerals was made by the Bureau of Mines at the Pan-American Exposition held at Buffalo from May to November, 1901. The exhibit was acknowledged to be the best in the Mines Building, and won a larger number of gold, BUILD UP ONTARIO i A CROWN LANDS DEPAHTMENT. 25 t^ttl^f ''""fu ""^^'^ and "honorable mentions " than the exhibit of any other state or country save Mexico. Provincial Parks. tract of over 1.100.000 aSeTsirua":;Tn the Wstricro/'^iS Smce It was established it has proven a veritable asylum VrS life, and moose, deer, beaver and other game and fur-bearing animals have greatly increased in numbers ^ Rondoau Park, in the County of Kent, waa set apart in 1894 with "k' *^k"' ''""^ '^'''' *^°»' «°«-^*'f °f wh?cMs covered with mber. thus preserving a remnant of the magniecent/orest whicn once characterized this part of Ontario "^enyorest By setting aside an area of land under the name 'nf n„a«„ Victoria Niagara Falls Park the Government h^ ^let the people of Ontario and all visitors free access to and Enjoyment of Uie great natural spectacle afforded by the Falls of Nie^i^a A board of commissioners appointed by the Lieutenant-Go v.' ,r i°os?^oThe pirn ''' '^''- ^' ''^ ^-^ ---^ ""'« - - Water Powers. The growing importance of water powers in industrial develoo- ment, espec.ally their use in generating electricity halS recognized by he Government, which in 1898 deemld S Ume had come to do away with the old system by which valuaSe water privileges were granted in fee without rL! ring them o be improved, thus allowing of their l.eing locked up forVurp^es of speculation. Accordingly, a short Act was passed (61 ^"ctoria chapter 8). entitled An Act respecting Water Powers uS Tnlte^TuTr'''' ""^' P--*J-/that all watlr "rivU^eg l!fr 150 horse-power disposed of thereafter sLuld be leased on condition of actual development within a srcified penod. with a proviso that other persons should be fuK shed p«wer not re,, ui red by the lessees al rates subject to the conirol of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council i."uiroi The rental asked by the Department is very moderate the object bemg to encourage the a^velopment of therany Ce water falls characteristic of northern Ontario, while aTthi amo and'nSn^^f ''' P"^'\^' '"*'^'"^' '^^velopment compu soT; and providing for reasonable rates to users of power. BUILD UP ONTARIO 26 CROWN LANDS DEPABTMENT The importance of this matter may be realized when it is stated that there are falls and rapids not yet atilized in Ontario capable of doing all the work many times over now performed by all the steam engines in the Province. MR. MARTER ON THE KEEWATIN PULP AGREE- MENT. (Olobe, April 11, 190i). Mr. Marter (North Toronto) in a vigorous but comparatively brief speech, supported the agree- ment and the policy of the Government in regard to like concessions. The Qovernment, it would be grant^, were the responsible party to bring in huch agreements, and if they did not assume that responsibility there would be reason to find fault with them. The interests of the country demanded that as far as possible these and similar agreements, with, of course, certain wise precautions, should be made. The Olergue and the Sturgeon Falls concessions had been passed without opposition. The Spanish River agreement had been opposed, but he wanted to know in what manner it differed and in what manner the present agreement differed from the others. They contained no more favorable terms to the pro- moters than those in the agreements which had previously carried unanimously. There should be consistency on these questions, which were not party questions, but matters of vital interest to the whole Province (Ministerial applause). He had himself taken a different attitude on the'. Spanish River con- cessions to that he assumed now, for reasons perfectly patent to the House, and which he was prepared to explain to his con- stituents if they desired him to do so. He touched upon the benefits which had already accrued in the way of establishing great industries, the giving of employment to many people, the investment of immense capital, etc., through the Clergue agree- ment. Capital was being expended on the other concessions, and in due time these would also result in great benefit to the whole community. He thought the House would be criminally negli- gent of its duties if it did not allow this great development to take place. The Province had the timber, but it was of no value unless used. The Government must go into the business to get the value of it, or give othnr person.? concessions to do so. BUILD UP ONTARIO OBOWN LANDS DEPARTMENT. THE 27 PROVINCE PROTECTED. So far as his personal judgment and consideration of the ques- tion was concerned, he was convinced that no monopoly was granted under the agreement now being discussed. The rights of the Province and of the people were fully protected. If the agreement turned out unsatisfactory to the Company the latter had only themselves to blame; they could not fall back on the Frovince. Honorable gentlemen had argued that the Spanish Kiver concession was a gold mine for the Company. If thev believed that he would like to know how many of them had invested m the stock which was so widely advertised a short time ago. (Ministerial laughter and applause). IN THE PUBLIC INTERESTS. In conclusion, Mr. Marter regretted that the feeling was that certain measures should be opposed simply because they were proposed by the Government. « I say to this House," he said and to my constituents, that in taking this position, and doing what I am doing to-day, I am acting in the best interests of the Province, and of the constituency I have the honor to represent " BUILD UP ONTARIO